Recognising ignorance in decision-making. Strategies for a more sustainable agriculture

EMBO Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 393-397

  Rivera Ferre, Marta G ^a   Ortega Cerdá, Miquel ^b  

^a Edifici ESAB   (Spain)

^b Fondació 3 ENT Enviroment and Management   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEATHER;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; INTERNATIONALITY; PUBLIC POLICY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 79955541855     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/embor.2011.55     Document Type: Article

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